From fc08e3a48fbe26986d6c2a7b05b1780369aad06e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Parker <chris.p@adelpo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:17:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added 'character', which is a character limit before the
 searchbox starts to run.

---
 searchbox.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/searchbox.js b/searchbox.js
index 0b355f8..d7ae514 100644
--- a/searchbox.js
+++ b/searchbox.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
       param: 'query',
       dom_id: '#results',
       delay: 100,
-      loading_css: '#loading'
+      loading_css: '#loading',
+      characters: 3
     },
     
     loading: function() {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
       .ajaxStart(function() { $.searchbox.start() })
       .ajaxStop(function() { $.searchbox.stop() })
       .keyup(function() {
-        if ($input.val() != this.previousValue) {
+        if ($input.val() != this.previousValue && $input.val().length >= $.searchbox.settings.characters) {
           $.searchbox.resetTimer(this.timer)
 
           this.timer = setTimeout(function() {  
@@ -74,4 +75,4 @@
       })
     })
   }
-})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+})(jQuery);